09-11-2025, 10:15 AM
The Book Switch Theory (BST) and the Modern Forgery Theory (MFT) have vastly different implications for research on MS408.
If MFT were true, there would be no point in trying to decipher MS408, since its contents would be gibberish or uninteresting.
In contrast, whether BST is true or not, it would make little difference for our research. MS408 would continue to be an intriguing document from the 1400s, and our expectations about its contents would not change.
Except that, if MS408 is not BookA, then we cannot expect to get any clue about the former by tracking down the history of the latter. In particular, we would not know the whereabouts of MS408 in the early 1600s.
But anyway, assuming that it was in Prague by that time (as we have done so far) still does not give us any clue about its origin or contents...
All the best --stolfi
If MFT were true, there would be no point in trying to decipher MS408, since its contents would be gibberish or uninteresting.
In contrast, whether BST is true or not, it would make little difference for our research. MS408 would continue to be an intriguing document from the 1400s, and our expectations about its contents would not change.
Except that, if MS408 is not BookA, then we cannot expect to get any clue about the former by tracking down the history of the latter. In particular, we would not know the whereabouts of MS408 in the early 1600s.
But anyway, assuming that it was in Prague by that time (as we have done so far) still does not give us any clue about its origin or contents...
All the best --stolfi